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Social Security Number protected

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2009-10-20 13:13:10
Rach1741
Registered: Jun 3 2009
Posts: 26

I have an interactive pdf form that our customers will fill out with info including social security number. I want that number to be masked (something like ***-**-****) but I want allow only our processing dept to be able to unlock and re lock that field to get the social security number but never have it visible to anyone else. How/what would be the best way to do this?

Thank so much!!

My Product Information:
Acrobat Standard 9.1.3, Windows
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2009-10-21 09:37:40
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StevenD
Registered: Oct 6 2006
Posts: 368
There is a social security format in the Format tab of a field's properties and there is also an Arbitrary mask option there as well.

As to the other thing that may be a bit tricky to with JavaScript. I notice you are using Standard which I don't know much about so I'm not sure how far it goes with allowing JavaScript. It seems to me that you would have to set the form up that would lock that field after the user fills the form out. I have set up bookmarks to lock and unlock fields in a couple of forms which requires a user to type in a password to unlock fields for editing. Someone will say that may not be too secure but it is the only way I have come up with solve that problem. I will admit that I haven't set a document up that will hide/lock a field after it is filled out. I know digitaly signing forms can lock the form.

StevenD

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